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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Self confidence VS self esteem

What is the difference between self confidence and self esteem?
  

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There is not much of a difference between these two. However, I would say that you could have low self-esteem but appear self-confident. We all know people who bluster and appear bombastic and confident in public, but who are a mass of insecurities in private.

— Griddler

  • There is not much of a difference between these two.
  • However, I would say that you could have low self-esteem but appear self-confident.
  • We all know people who bluster and appear bombastic and confident in public, but who are a mass of insecurities in private.
  • In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility one character said that 'I esteem him' meaning she liked and respected him.
  • To have low self-esteem means that you don't like yourself very much, and also don't have much respect for yourself either.
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There is not much of a difference between these two. However, I would say that you could have low self-esteem but appear self-confident.

We all know people who bluster and appear bombastic and confident in public, but who are a mass of insecurities in private.

In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility one character said that 'I esteem him' meaning she liked and respected him. To h
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